Stories from Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Saline County Career Center is holding its annual greenhouse plant sale from 11:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 1, and from 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, and Thursday, May 3. There will be annual bedding plants, ornamental grasses and vegetables, as well as old favorites such as geraniums from plugs, impatients, petunias, vincas, zinnias, salvia, snapdragons, ornamental sweet potato vines, ivies, begonias, tomatoes, green and flowering baskets and much more...

Area high school sports scores for Tuesday, April 17

John W. (Jack) Lane Jr., 83, of Marshall, died Wednesday, April 18, 2012, at Lee's Summit Medical Center in Lee's Summit. Funeral arrangements are pending at Campbell-Lewis Funeral Home in Marshall.

Army Corps of Engineers officials gave area residents a chance Tuesday, April 17, to see plans for constructing an additional chute on Jameson Island Unit as part of the Missouri River shallow water habitat restoration efforts. The public meeting at the Arrow Rock State Historic Site Visitors' Center attracted a larger-than-expected crowd of about 50 people.

The Marshall Community Chorus will present its final concert of the 2011-2012 season on Sunday, April 22 at 3 p.m. in the Little Theatre of Marshall High School. The chorus's final concert will pay tribute to the music of spring. According to MCC director Ron Sayer, spring is "arguably the one season that has inspired more music and poetry than all the rest. ...

Students turned their thoughts into action again this year for a community of residents in need of daily assistance.

Interesting news and features published in our print edition and E-edition April 18. On page 3: Annie's Mailbox Column: "Teen urges support for Tobacco-Free Kids program" On page 4: Donna Brazile Column: "River of resentment" / Kathryn Lopez Column: "'Mommy Wars' obscure the real issues"...

Just before Easter I was headed out of the office on a lunch break. Keys, phone and camera all in tow in case an event arose that would call me back. But thoughts of work went out the window when I spotted a package of three bubble tubes my mother had left on the front seat of my car.

League losing streak reaches 17 games for MVC

Prep Diamond Round-up